Alt spent a long time watching TV. Give him advice.

wool	صوف	tomb	مقبرة	engine	محرك
piece	قطعة	pool	حمام سباحة	crash	يصطدم
tobacco	تبغ	Vinland	اسم مكان	famous	مشهور
until	حتى	century	قرن	unknown	مجهول
sailor	بحار	wheel	عجلة	historian	مؤرخ
the same way	نفس الطريقة	The Vikings	قبائل الفايكنج	continue	يستكمل
vehicle	مركَبة	ocean	محيط	prescribe	يصف دواء

Titanic	سفينة تيتانيك	lifeboats	قوارب نجاة	crew	طاقم القيادة
radio message	رسالة لاسلكية	rescue	ينقذ	sink × float	يغرق×يطفو
passenger	مسافر-راكب	wave	موجة	sail	يبحر
fire rockets	يطلق صواريخ	nearby	قريب	hit	يضرب-يصطدم
space	الفضاء	unsinkable	غير قابل للغرق	rise	يشرق
gun	بندقية	iceberg	جبل جليد عائم	discover	يسكتشف

Man: We all know Columbus discovered America in 1492. However, Columbus may not have been the first person to visit America.

Woman: Ancient Egyptians might have sailed to America on large ships made with Lebanese wood. Why do we think this? Well, there are pyramids in America which look like the pyramids in Saqqara. Also, some historians have found small pieces of tobacco in Egyptian tombs. Tobacco was not brought to Egypt from America until about 1600, so some historians think ancient Egyptians must have got the tobacco from America thousands of years ago. But other historians think that workers who helped to find the tombs may have left the tobacco there.

Man: Chinesesailors may have sailed to Mexico. Why do we think this? Well, many things in the two countries are the same; for example, kites and paper are made in the same way, and they have painted plates in the same way too. There are old books about a Chinese sailor in the fifth century called Hui Shen. He sailed east with four friends to the country they called Fusang. In the books, they described people, animals and plants which some historians think might have been in Mexico. However, Hui Shen also described vehicles with wheels. Some historians say Hui Shen can’t have been in Mexico because people there didn’t have wheels then.

Woman: The Vikings were from the north of Europe. They were very famous sailors. In

around the year 1000, they arrived at the island of Iceland which is in the Atlantic Ocean. There were many stories about a sailor who went to Vinland. We don’t know exactly where Vinland was, but it might have been in America. In 1961, two scientists discovered old Viking houses in America, so we know Vikings must have visited the country. However, they may not have stayed there very long.

1. Christopher Columbus discovered America in... a 1942. b 1492. c 1592.

2. Historians found....... in Egyptian tombs. a tobacco b potatoes c wool

3. Chinese sailors may have been to.......... a America. b Mexico. c Egypt

4. Scientists discovered Viking...... in America. a kites b vehicles c houses

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